Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-22
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13.


Sendte-A goodly amount of miscellan
eous work was done in the morning. Sen.
| Merrill moved that the vote by which
senate bill No. 315, to organize the 18th
| judicial circuit, and to change boundar-
les of the 9TH, 10th and 11th circuits, was
| passed, be reconsidered. A heated dis
cassion followed, and personalities being
INDUCED in the president stopped the
| same by decided rap of the gavel. An
| endeavor to delay by securing a call OF
the house, failed. The main question
was ordered-shall the vote be reconsider
ed? 1t was carried; all senators voting,
voted in the affirmative. Sen. Merrill
offered an amendment, which was adopted,
and the bill as amended was passed. NJ.
| G. No. 4, A., for the Lassage of the
bill granting pension to all soldiers who
were confined in confederate prisons, was
concurred in. Senator Kennedy offered
the following: Resolved, That the thanks
of the senate are due and are hereby
rendered to Hon. Geo. W. Ryland lieu
tenant governor and president of the
senate, for the able, impartial and court
eous manner in which he has discharge
| the high luties of presiding officer of the
senate, and that assurance of personal
esteem of each senator with their best
wishes are hereby rendered. Adopted
unanimously. A large number of bills
were concurred in most of them of a
purely local nature.
House-The following bills were con-
Cured in: Enabling temporary aid to be
| given INDECENT ex-unior soldiers without
| requiring them to be sent to the aims
house. Exemptjng only scored articles,
| provisions, sewing machines and few
other things from attachment, when suit
is brought by servant girls, etc, for the
recovery of wages. Providing that
| whenever the Wisconsin Veterans home
an institution which the G. A. r. pro-
pose to establish in Milwaukee-shall be
| established, the state will appropriate SO
per week for the maintenance
of each honorable discharge,
destitute, er-union soldier, not
able to obtain admission to the National
Soldiers home, and each destitute widow
of an honorably discharged exu union sol
dier, who was the wife of such soldier
during the civil war. Making gambling
by chambers of commerce, boards of
trade and others by means of fictitious
contracts for buying or selling stocks,
bonds, grain, pork or produce of any
kind punishable by fine not exceeding
$500 nor less than $500 for the first of
fense, and for second six months i'm
prisonment in addition to above fine. At
the evening session Speaker Mills was
presented with handsome gold watch.
THURSDAY, APRIL IA.
Senate At 11:30a. m, Thursday, April
IA, president pro tenn. Erwin called the
senate to order. There was no chaplain
present. to offer prayer. Sen. Ginty took
occasion, as his term is about to expire,
to return thanks to his brother senators
for the kind and generous treatment he
had always received at their hands. Sen.
Kennedy replied in fitting terms. The
senate did nothing during the hour it was
in session except receive messages from
the assembly and act on them. 1t took
recess until 1880 p. m. At 1880 p. M, the
senate came to order, with president pro
tenn. Erwin in the chair. Present were
Senators Carey, Cooper, Fitch, Ginty,
Hoyt, Kennedy, Kidd, Pond and Rust.
The president pro tenn. said there was
nothing to be acted upon, that he knew
of, except, perhaps, message from the
governor. The senate went into an in
formal mood, 30 await word from his ex-
cellenoy the governor; and nothing COM
ing, Sen. Kidd moved that the senate ad
journ until Friday morning, at 1O.30
Carried.
House.-The assembly was called to or
der at 10 O'Clock a. IN. Thursday morning
by Speaker Mills. Roll call dispensed
with. The forenoon session was devoted
to the receipts of messages from the
senate and the governor. During the
morning Chief Clerk Coe was presented
with splendid leather upholstered rock
ing chair by the members and subordi-
in tho chiaf ClarEsS
Recess. The assembly was called to or
der at 8 o'clock Thursday afternoon by
Speaker Mills. Roll call dispensed with.
message was received from the gov
ernor announcing his approval of large
number of bills. The assembly was call
ed to order at 1880 O'Clock Thursday
evening by Speaker Mills. Roll call dis
pensed with. There being no work on
hand the assembly, on motion of Mr..
Mccoy, adjourned until 10 o'clock. Fri
day morning.
FRIDAY, April 10.
Sendte-At 1880 O'Clock the senate was
called to order by President pro tenn.
Erwin. No chaplain present. A commu-
nication from his exceliency, the COVER
nor, presenting the titles of a batch of
bills signed by him and number not
signed, was read by Chief Clerk Bross.
On motion of Sen. Fritz, the senate took
recess until $3.50 p. m. At the above
hour, the senate came to order, with Sen.
Kidd in the chair. On the floor, in their
seats, were Senators Conklin, Ginty, Pond,
Rust and Ware. Sen. Ginty: Joint
resolution that committee of three one
from the senate and two from the assem-
bly,, be appointed to wait upon his ex-
cellency the governor to ascertain if he
has any further communication to
make to the legislature. Adopted.
The resolution was messaged to the as
sembly, and in due time a message was
returned stating that the resolution had
been concurred in, and that the assembly
had appointed on the committee Messrs.
Bartholf and Perkins. The president
pro TEN. ap pointed Senator Ginty, on the
part of the enate. y and by Sen. Ginty
retu' ned ano reported that the committee
had performed its work-the governor
had nothing more to communicate to the
legislature. President pro tenn. Kidd
then adjourned the senate sine die, and
the gavel went down to signify the ending
of the session.
| House-The assembly was called to
! order Friday morning at 10 o'clock by
Speaker Mills. Roll call dispensed with
on mOtlon or Mr.. Dlttmer. 1he COM
mittee on enrolled bills made report.
| On motion of Mr.. Bartholf the assembly
took recess till o'clock p. N. The
assembly was called to order Friday after
noon at 3:15 O'Clock by Speaker Mills.
! There being no work before the assemb-
ly, on motion of Mr.. Sam S. Miller a re-
cess WAS taken until 3, As O'Clock p. N.
Speaker Mills again called the assembly
| to order at 3:45 O'Clock. res
| olution was received from the SEN
ate announcing the adoption of resolu-
tion providing for a joint committee
from the senate and assembly to wait
| upon the governor and asking concur
renee in the same Messrs. Bartholf and
Perkins were appointed as members of
the committee on the part of the assemb-
ly. message was received from the
governor announcing his approval of a
| number of bills and the dispositing with
the secretary of number of bills with
out his approval. The committee return
ed and reported that the governor had
no further communication to make to
the legislature. Speaker Mills made a
few appropriate remarks and declared
the assembly adjourned without day.
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